The Latest - Afghanistan
The John Batchelor Show
Recent developments within the war in Afghanistan and the broader War on Terror. more...
Obama’s Way of War
Is Barack Obama a warrior president? Not in the British tradition, of course, which gave us Winston Churchill, with his crazy cavalry charge against Sudanese spears, or the more cerebral Harold Macmillan, shot to pieces in World War I. more...
Mullah Dadullah Front Claims Assassination of Afghan High Peace Council Member
The Mullah Dadullah Front, a Taliban group closely linked to al Qaeda, claimed credit for yesterday's assassination of a senior member of the Afghan High Peace Council. more...
Bin Laden Docs Hint at Large al Qaeda Presence in Pakistan
Two of the 17 documents released by the US government from the large cache seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound indicate that al Qaeda has a much larger footprint in Pakistan than US officials have claimed. more...
Did Obama Improve Our Position in Afghanistan?
I asked Cliff May of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies his take on whether the Taliban was growing stronger. He answered via e-mail: “They have an ideology/theology they believe in. more...
The Grand Strategy of Al Qaeda: How the Enemy Learns
Eleven years into this war, we still do not adequately understand the Enemy. AQAM is moving from a kinetic strategy of Guevarist insurgency to a Maoist strategy that incorporates an indirect and non-kinetic approach. more...
Bin Laden Advised Relocation of Some Leaders to Afghan Provinces Due to Drone Strikes in Waziristan
Seven months before his death in a US special operations raid at his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden instructed some of al Qaeda's leaders to relocate to provinces in eastern Afghanistan. more...
The Drive Home
President Obama's plan for Afghanistan. more...
Foreign Entanglements
On Foreign Entanglements, Matt Duss (Center for American Progress, ThinkProgress) and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, daveedgr.com) discuss Obama's visit to Afghanistan. more...
Taliban Announce Start of Al Farooq Spring Offensive
Today the Taliban announced the beginning of their yearly spring offensive, in an official statement released on their propaganda website, Voice of Jihad. more...
The John Batchelor Show
Taliban launch suicide assault in Kabul following Obama's departure. more...
Lou Dobbs Tonight
FDD's Jonathan Schanzer and Frank Gaffney, founder and president of the Center for Security Policy, on President Obama's visit to Afghanistan and other threats in the region. more...
Biz Asia America
Obama's speech in Afghanistan. more...
The Drive Home
Obama's speech in Afghanistan. more...
The John Batchelor Show
Obama makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan. more...
Washington Journal
FDD's Bill Roggio discusses the expanded authority and drone use by the CIA to conduct “signature strikes” in Yemen, the opening up of U.S. airspace to drones, and other drone-related news including Iran’s claims it is replicating a captured U.S. drone. more...
Year After bin Laden’s Death: Al-Qaeda ‘Far From Defeated’
"He created an organization and developed it," said Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former CIA official and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. "I don't think his death fundamentally affects the future of jihadist groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan,"... more...
Taliban Website Under Repeat Attack By Hackers
Unknown hackers brought down the main Taliban website earlier this month, when El Emara's English-language page was replaced temporarily with images of Taliban atrocities and photographs of roadside bombs. more...
ISAF Captures IMU Facilitator in Wardak Province
Coalition and Afghan special operations teams captured an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator in the same district where 38 US and Afghan troops, including SEALs, were killed when their helicopter was shot down in August 2011. more...
A Desperate ‘Longshot’
Some in the Obama administration are desperate to jumpstart peace negotiations with the Taliban in advance of NATO’s summit in Chicago next month. more...
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